Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
The Coo’s office
Having made himself a nice cup of coffee, Callum was walking out of the pantry and ran into Zachary who
knocked on the door and came right in. “Zack,” Callum said as he approached Zachary. Spotting the boxes of packed food in Zachary’s hands, Callum uttered with a smile, “Are you here to deliver me breakfast, Zack?”
Zachary put the packed food on Callum’s desk and said gruffly, “Serenity knows we’re working in the same company. She made extra for breakfast and asked me to bring some to you. It’s not healthy to eat out all the time.”
“You used to eat out all the time, Zack.”
Although the meals were at their own hotel, it was still eating out. Putting down his cup of coffee, Callum eagerly took out one of the food containers and removed the lid. “I couldn’t stop thinking about Serenity’s cooking for days after getting a taste of it last Saturday.
“Wow! Look at the variety, abundance, and presentation! I bet it tastes good.” Callum opened up both containers, gasping in awe of Serenity’s ingenuity. Not only was Serenity brilliant in crafts, but she had a talent for cooking too.
No wonder Nana took to Serenity and insisted on Zack marrying her
She was a combination of beauty, grace, and talent.
Seeing that Callum was delighted, Zachary seemingly casually said, “Serenity got up first thing in the morning
and prepared a nutritious breakfast spread to thank me for helping her. I couldn’t finish it, so she packed you some.”
Callum was lost for words.
He quickly curled his lips. “Surely, Serenity only packed the food you hadn’t touched.”
Zachary’s turn in silence. Had he known, Zachary would have taken a few bites out of everything. The boy would not be so smug if he was eating Zachary’s leftovers. “Anything else, Zack?”
“What? Why are you in a rush to kick me out after I hand delivered food to you?”
While giving Callum a dirty look, Zachary’s eyes stumbled upon a copper wire craft on the corner of the desk. It looked like a miniature tree.
Zachary picked up the craft for a closer inspection and said, “I think this art piece comes from the same artist as the ones Nana displayed at home.”
Since Nana put Serenity’s craftworks on display in the most prominent areas of the house, it was hard not to notice.
“Good eye.” Callum sat down and dug into the homemade breakfast while complimenting, “Serenity
made it. She was stocking up on inventory when I dropped Nana off at the shop. She gave me a miniature copper tree.
“Zack, it’s not without a reason that Nana likes Serenity. She’s pretty good with her hands. It’s like she breathes life into her masterpieces. Everybody has been saying how pretty it is since I put her craft there. They went online and bought some for themselves too.
“I recommended Serenity’s online business to them. It should boost her sales.”
Zachary quietly put the miniature tree down and said faintly, “Enjoy your breakfast and get back to work after that. Don’t try to slack off.”
He turned around and took off.
Callum spoke with food in his mouth, “Bye, Zack. See you around.”
Zachary stopped at the door and looked back. His gaze fell on the miniature tree. Still, he said nothing as he opened the door and left.
Catching on to the situation, Callum chuckled and mumbled, “Could he be jealous?”
Otherwise , Zachary would not be fixated on the copper wire tree before running along Zachary was feeling weird about it.
He was still Serenity’s husband even though they had no feelings for each other. Yet, Serenity gave Callum her handiwork while he got nothing.
He could not put his ego aside and ask her for one too.
However, he did not feel right either that he had no copper wire plant to display on his desk. In fact, he felt left out by Serenity
Serenity was unaware that her man was a little jealous and went to the store. Since she had nothing to do there, she started making her handicrafts again.
Jasmine saw that Serenity was busy making a miniature tree and asked, “Serenity, why are you always making this miniature tree lately? Is it a hot item?”
Serenity just finished making the sculpture, so she stopped for a short break. When she heard her friend’s question , she smiled and said, “My online business has been doing very well recently, and the best–selling item is this miniature tree! There are so many orders for this.”
“Did the netizens feel sorry for you and Liberty after looking at your response? Is that why they are supporting your online business?”
Serenity thought about it for a while and said, “It doesn’t seem like it. The Hunts only put my childhood photo online, and they didn’t know my phone number or other details. The original tweet has since been deleted, and those influencers have also deleted their tweets.”
The influencers were probably afraid of being implicated by the Hunts.
“Luckily, Mr. York’s gossip news was more popular than that trending story, so I managed to retaliate before the netizens had time to investigate my background and workplace. That’s why I think it’s unlikely that the tweet helped to boost the sales of my online business.”
At the mention of Mr. York, Jasmine became intrigued and said mysteriously , “I heard from my aunt that Ms. Stone was upset that your trending story diverted the netizens’ attention from hers, so she secretly suppressed your trending story.”
Serenity was oblivious to this and laughed. “If you put it that way, Ms. Stone indirectly helped me!” She thought about it and laughed again. “I really want to thank Ms. Stone. I hope she can win Mr. York’s heart as soon as possible! Ms. Stone is the heiress to Stone Group and has all the money and power in the world, so she should be able to find out whether there’s any problem with Mr. York. We’re lucky that no one heard us joking about Mr. York’s impotence back then, so it’s best we don’t joke about this again.”
Jasmine said casually, “We were just gossiping anyway. How would Ms. Stone know if Mr. York is impotent? There haven’t been any young women around Mr. York, so who knows if he has any problems in that departinent?”
“I don’t think Mr. York and Ms. Stone will end up together because the Yorks and the Stones don’t get along very well. If the two giants become rivals and go head–to–head in the future, Ms. Stone will be caught in the middle. Who should she help?”
Jasmine broke it down for Serenity. “Neither the Yorks nor the Stones will support their relationship. But Ms. Stone is truly bold to publicly confess her love to Mr. York with such great fanfare. She’s forthcoming about her feelings; I admire her for that.”
I’m hooked to this story. I hope the next chapters are coming very soon.
Knowledge is not bought but earned. I think I am learning about life.